Uses of Electricity from Wikipedia
Electricity is an extremely flexible form of energy, and has been adapted to a huge, and growing, number of uses. The invention of a practical incandescent light bulb in the 1870s led to lighting becoming one of the first publicly available applications of electrical power. Although electrification brought with it its own dangers, replacing the naked flames of gas lighting greatly reduced fire hazards within homes and factories. Public utilities were set up in many cities targeting the burgeoning market for electrical lighting.
The Joule heating effect employed in the light bulb also sees more direct use in electric heating. While this is versatile and controllable, it can be seen as wasteful, since most electrical generation has already required the production of heat at a power station. A number of countries, such as Denmark, have issued legislation restricting or banning the use of electric heating in new buildings. Electricity is however a highly practical energy source for refrigeration, with air conditioning representing a growing sector for electricity demand, the effects of which electricity utilities are increasingly obliged to accommodate.
Here are some pictures of where electricity can be used.
Lightbulbs
Computer Set
Electric Stove
Electricity Uses from ScienceRay.com
The uses to which electricity has been put are many. It has shortened distances. It helps us in driving electric tramways, railways, and motor vehicles. We can now go from one place to another without much loss of time.
Electricity has given us electric lights, electric fans and electric heaters. We owe to it the lighting of our great cities and even of our homes. In summer it can keep us cool by giving us cool breeze. In winter it can remove cold by giving us heat through electric heaters.
Besides these, electricity is much used in industries both great and small. It is used for the purification of metals. In electro-plating and electro-gilding, we see the marvels of electricity. It is also used in curing certain diseases.
